Defn: One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.
PROPRIETORIAL
Pro*pri`e*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights.
PROPRIETORSHIP
Pro*pri"e*tor*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being proprietor; ownership.
PROPRIETRESS
Pro*pri"e*tress, n.
Defn: A female proprietor.
PROPRIETY Pro*pri"e*ty, n.; pl. Proprieties. Etym: [F. propriété, L. proprietas, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Property, Proper.]
1. Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. [Obs.] "Onles this propriety be exiled." Robynson (More's Utopia). So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers. Jer. Taylor.
2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity. [Obs.] Bacon. We find no mention hereof in ancient zoögraphers, . . . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature. Sir T. Browne.